New Test Tells You If You're PMSing

By
Natasha Burton

Dec 26, 2012

Advertisement - Continue Reading Below

Stockbyte/Getty Images

Stockbyte/Getty Images

Okay, so many of us know when we've been visited by the monthly frenemy that is PMS. We're bloated. We're crampy. We're weepy. We're less, well, patient, than usual. Suffice to say, we don't really need anything—or anyone, thankyouverymuch—to confirm what we already know.

Nonetheless, there's now a new way to find out if you're actually PMSing or if you're just in a seriously shitty mood. Developed by a psychology Ph.D. from the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country, the test is outlined in the official-sounding Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association. It consists of a series of questions validated by real women to help other women determine whether or not they suffer from PMS, then outlines the various symptoms and the reasons for them. The test itself reportedly takes less than 10 minutes.

While we're not so sure how we'd use such a test in our daily—er, monthly, lives—we like the idea that PMS is being taken seriously through research and evaluation. But we have to ask you: Would you take the PMS test? Do you think you'd even need it? Or are you cool with just self-evaluation? Tell us in the comments below.